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Covid-19: We won’t work until you test us – Korle Bu Emergency Centre nurses

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Health professionals at the Accidents and Emergency Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital say they will not continue working until everyone in the department is tested for Covid-19. According to the nurses, all staff at the emergency unit are living in fear after their management hid …

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Coronavirus: Togo declares 3-month public health emergency

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah President Faure Gnassingbé In a speech addressed to the nation on April 1, 2020, President Faure Gnassingbé declared a 3-month state public health emergency in Togo. The measure, which “has never been implemented in our country before, reflects the gravity of the crisis we are facing,” the …

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COVID-19: Senegal, Ivory Coast declare emergency

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Senegal will deploy military and police to enforce a curfew Senegal and Ivory Coast have declared states of emergency over the outbreak of the coronavirus. Senegalese President Macky Sall said the state of emergency would start on Tuesday midnight, accompanied by a curfew from 8:00pm to 6:00am …

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Emergency Polio Vaccination Begins

By ;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah   The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Anthony Nsiah-Asare, vaccinating the first child in Greater Accra to kickstart the response vaccination against polio. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun a two phased emergency polio immunization exercise in the Greater Accra and the Northern Regions. The …

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WHO declares Congo’s Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The World Health Organization,(WHO), has declared Congo’s recent Ebola outbreak a public health emergency that needs international concern. According to the definition of WHO, a public health emergency means that other states stand the risk of being affected by the spread of the disease. The declaration …

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GHS declares public health emergency following detection of poliovirus type-2

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared a public health emergency following the detection of the poliovirus type-2 in the Northern Region capital, Tamale. A public health emergency, according to the WHO, is “an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition, caused by bioterrorism, …

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